DOES INTERNET EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO MAKE A BETTER WORL?

It is of important relevance to know that internet has made a big change in our lives. Since internet appeared, the whole world changed immediately; it was a brakethrough for the humanity.

Firstly, imagine that you had gone on holidays and you had met people from a place that is very far from where you live;

RESEARCH PROJECT

My research project topic is LOGISTICS. I choose this topic because it's very related on what I want to study at the university and I thought that it could be like a little prepearing for me. At the biginning I wanted to do a Market Study (estudi de mercat), this topis is related on logistics. My theacher told me that a Market Study is very general and she told me to do my research project on Logistics because it's the first one in the high school, and I accept it!!!! Now that I'm finishing it, I'm always thinking why I chose thid topic because all the information I found was in english so I had to translate it to Catalan I most of the information was wrong so I had to go to Barcelona to the National Library to take some books to contrast all the information.
Now I think that I have done a brilliant job but I spend so many time in front of the computer reading and reading.

1st TERM REFLECTION

At the end of every term I like to do a Self evaluation to see what I have to improve or what I have to change. 

To start my self evaluation, I want to say that for the next ter I will not leave the blog for the last moment. If you do things at the last moment it can happend that you don't have enough time to do it or you don't have enough inspiration or so many things.

For the next term I have to improve my mark on Spanish History and Filosophy because I have a five on History and I failed Filosophy. I want to finish batxillerat with a minimum mark of seven so I have to raise my marks!!! 

I very happy with my marks on Economics and Maths because I have an eight on Economics and a seven on Maths so I can be vey proud of my marks on those subjects this term!!!

MY SUMMER

I spend all my summer working on a fruit shop in Sant Pere Pescador. I worked from nine to one and from four to eight, from Monday to Saturday. At the biginning it was a bit hard, but then it was like my house. Apart from working, I hanged out with my friends too. We went to waikiki, to chic, we spend Sundays sunbathing on the beach, we played beach volley with deutch "guiris" and we did more amazing things. On the 9th of September, my family and I went to Barcelona to visit the famili and we stayed ther until the 11th for the protest march. That day was amazing, I felt like an ant in the middle of an enormous forest. 
I wanted to summarize my summer in just a phrase, but I can't so I will show you some pictures of it.

PD: I did a movie maker, but I can't postit on the blog. I don't know why!!

BARACK OBAMA

USA's president Barack Obama celebrate his vitory with his family in the white house. He had a  very difficult race against Mitt Romney but at the end Romney failed against Obama and now he will preside for four more years. He had votes from a lot of states as New Hamshire Michigan, New Mexico, Iowa, Virginia, Colorado, Ohio, Minesota...
Obama thankes each American who voted him. He finished his speech with his words "Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you and you have made me a better president".


I think that Obama is an amazing president and he had changed the United States of America. He is an American idol for "old" people as singers or actors are for "young" people.


http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html

The tunnel of the wind opens today to the big public and it is almost full until june 2013

The Windoor Real Fly Túnel del Vent d'Empuriabrava known as Túnel del Vent, had opend today. After many years of negociations and projections the Tunel del vent is a reality. In fact it started to work a month ago because they were testing it. It will have two functions, the 30% of the hours will be reserved for normal citizens and the res will be reserved for parachuting specialists. flying during an hour in the Túnel del Vent it's like 60 jumps from an aeroplane.


I think that it is an amazing think for l'Alt Empordà to have it here  because it will bring people from round the world to try this túnel del vent. As the title say, there are bookings until june 2013.

VOCABULARI

bookings


http://www.horanova.cat/revcms_render.aspx?l_n=noticia&b_p=block_noticia:ct_id:12fac3b6-af4f-46d9-b585-f639850baa7c;

LO IMPOSIBLE

In just 10 days it became the most watched film in Spain. Lo imposible is based on a real story that happend in a family during the 2004 Thailandia's tsunami. This family arrived there two days before the tsunami ocurred. That film explains how the family survives the disaster. Luckily all the family came back home safely.

I saw this film and I can say that is the most shockig film I have ever seen. I think that they will win a lot of awards and prices. I think that is a very very different way to see what happend that day.

http://www.telecinco.es/t5cinema/cine-2012/lo-imposible/imposible-pelicula-vista-ano-espana_0_1496775216.html

VOCABULARI

safely

awards

FIGHT FOR THE TITLE: VETTEL vs ALONSO.

The race started wtih  light rain and it make the start a bit difficult. A feew laps latter the rain stopped and all the pilots had to go to the "pit stop" to change the wheals. At the beginning some pilots were involved in a car accident so, many of them couldn't finish the race. Sebastian Vettel had a problem on the first lap so he  lost a feew places. During the race Felipe Massa helped Alonso every time he could. Fernando Alonso Could win the race if Vettel broke down his car or if he finished behind the 10th place so he couldn't won any points. At the end Fernando finished 2nd and Felipe Massa 3rd but Vettel finished 6th so Sebastian won the F1 world chapion ship. 


In my opinion I think that they fight very hard to reach that level, but I'm an Alonso suporter so I wantet to see Alonso on the top of the F1 world champion list. Vettel worked vey hard during all the season, and he has amazings engineers. At the biginning of the season everithing was very equaled but during all the races Red bull, Mc Laren and Ferrari were standing out, so they fight very hard to win the F1 world champion ship.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/11/14126.html

VOCABULARI

slicks

spun

mayhem

SELF EVALUATION

Friday the 9th Homa, Fato and I did the Oral presentation, Our topyc was HOW WOMEN CHANGE TEIR APPEARENCE!!
To do our oral presentation, we spend so many time serching information on the net, and I think we did a good reserch.
When we showed to the class the presentation, I think that we could do it better. For the next presentation I have to improve my pronunciation and I don't have to read from the paper. It's hard to explain what you want to tell if you don't have an amazin vocabulary. I think that for the next oral presentation I'll have to search specific vocabulary. 
However I think that we did a good job!!!!

MY DREAM

Hey Sonia!!!

As you said in class this is our last year in the high school and we can't waste our time.

I have everything planned from now on untill my last year at university. I have to pass batxillerat with a seven. As I saved money during all those years, next summer I will travel abroad. In July I will go to Los Angeles to practice English and then the first half of August I will go to Colombia to visit some friends That I made a summer ago in Canada!

After the summer I will start the university in Barcelona. I want to study Gestió Aeronàutica at the Autonomus University in Sabadell. This degree will take me four years and then I will go to work abroad if I don't find nothing here.

I don't know if I'm going to do something more or I will change all my plans but this is what I want to do.

See you on class!!

DIALOGUE

SCENARIO: Doctor's surgery
CHARACTERS: Melisa (Fato), Katy (Marina) and Dr. Donatello (Joana).
K: Oooh! I'm scared...
M: Really?
K: Yes, because I've never had an intervention before.
M: Don't worry girl...this my seventh operation and look at me, I'm perfect.

Nurse → Melisa, Kattie, you can come in...

Dr.: Hi ladies!! How are your boobs Melisa? They look so pretty!! Don't they?
M: Oh yes. They are extremely perfect!! Now I can do topless everywere I go.
Dr.: I have to examinale your boobls to see the result, and then we can go on with Kattie.
K: Fabulous!!
Dr.: Let's go Melisa take off your pretty dress.
(after a seconds)
M: Doctor Donatello I'm ready.
Dr.: Mmm...I can't fins a word to describe your boobs they are, they are, they are....GOUGEOUS!!
If you want you can dress up yourserf and we continue with Kattie.
Well Kattie...tell me that what do you want to do with your boobs!!

K: Well..I want to change my appearence.
Dr.: If you want er can push up and join them!
K: Really?
Dr.: Yes! You will look incredible.
K: perfect!
Dr.: Ok, now If you want you can do the apointment with the nurse.
K: Ok...see you in a few days.
M: Bye Dr. Donatello.

listen to ‘dialogue marina, fato &joana’ on Audioboo

"YOUTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD"

Some people say that youth can be the most important thing in the world, but is that true?????

On the one hand when you are young you want to be free, have fun, hang out with friends... Is the time when you worries

FINAL REFLECTION

Since I started first of ESO my level of english has improved a lot. My pronunciation when I started was quite good, but my fluency was awful, but when I finished first of ESO, I went on an English Camp and there I improved my fluency. I went there three years and last year I went to spend a month in Canada with a family. There I improved everything, the fluency, the pronunciation, I've learned a lot of vocabulary and this year when I started I practiced all I've learned there.
The best activity that shows my level of english are the podcasts, beacuse when I'm recording them I can pronounce with my "Canadian" accent, because when I have to talk in front of the class I try to speak as less as I can with my beautiful accent.
The activities that helps me to improve my level of english are the listenings or the reading comprehencion tests. They are realy useful for me because I've always been very bad at reading or at listening in all lenguages so they help me to pay atention.
I've been thinking of which activities are not useful for us but I can't find anithing.

Elizabeth II celebrates her 60 year reign in the Thames.

BANKIA

Snow White and the Huntsman

In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron) out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White's beauty and power. -- (C) Universal Pictures

PG-13, 2 hr. 7 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance,Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Rupert Sanders

Written By: Evan Daugherty

A photo of Juan Carlos hunting elephants revolutonizes Twitter

Rann Safaris, a company that organizes hunting of elephants in Botswana, published on its website a photo of King Juan Carlos in one of his expeditions, in which he is with Jeff Rann, one of the officers of the company, with two rifles and a shot elfante behind them.  When he was in the safary he felt down en he broke his hip. Immediateli the King came to Spain to be opereted. This expedition may cost round 37000 euros. Twitter's mood is very ablaze with this topic and the hashtags "El Rey" "La casa Real" and "Botswana" has been the tendin topic in Spain.

I think that the kings behaviour wasn' the good one, because Sapin haven't got enough money to aford all those things so I think that before he has done that he could ask to all the people if we were againts or in favour of going to a safari in Botswana!

A"TRIP"TO LA SEU D'URGELL (Last day)

We wake up at half past eight and at nine we went to have breakfast. In the dining room we found the guys from the basketball team and after the breakfast we talked about our plans during the day. At eleven am, more or less, we went to the music school and then we wen t do a guided tour in la Seu d'Urgell. We visited the Cathedral, a museu, the Segre Park and some old streets. After the tour we returned to the music school and there we had lunch all together as a big "family". At three pm more or less wetook the bus and we came back. At seven pm all our parents were waiting for us in l'Escala.

And that was all our tip!

DISEASES

I tink that we could have done a better presentation because elisabet didn't study much and I don't know why I get so nervous while I was doing the presentation but I'm happy with what I've done this day. As we knew that our oral in class wasn't good at all, we repeat it at home and I think that the second one is better that the first! We could have studied more and next time it won't happen. All in all, I'm happy with my results in my orals because I have improved my fluency and I have learned a lot of vocabulary.

A"TRIP"TO LA SEU D'URGELL (2nd day)

When we woke up we went to have breakfast and then we went to the music school. There we met the other choir and they showed us their music school. After the visit, we started the recelhals. We spend the whole morning prepearing the songs for the afternoon concert. At two pm we finished the recerhals and we went to have lunch with the guys from the other choir. After eating we had some free time and we went to do a little tour around la Seu d'Urgell. After the minitour we went to a church to do the concert. The concert was amazing, we did an awsome work. After the concert we had an snack and then we went to la Salle to reast. At ten we went to have dinner and in the dining room we met a basketball team. At eleven pm we went to a pub were we met the guys from the other choir. At one am we arrived to la Salle, and the oldest in the choir (Marina Costa, Homa Baldeh, Alicia Robles and I) we wen to wake up the boys from the basketball team. We were speaking until three am. After this we went to sleep.

A"TRIP" TO LA SEU D'URGELL (1st day)

I don't know what more I can explain as a "your-say" but I think that it will be nice to explain my trip to la Seu d'Urgell. The 27th, 28th and 29th of April, we went to la Seu d'Urgell on a choir meeting. I went there with the choir where I sing in l'Escala. We left the Frithay 27th at 6pm from l'Escala, and we went there by bus. We arrived in la Seu d'Urgell at 11pm; we could arrive earlier, but we had to stop in the half of the trip because everybofy was dizzy. When we arrived there we went imediately to la Salle (we were sleeping there). We left our luggage in the hall and we went to have dinner. After dinner we took our suitcases and we went imediately to sleep. We had an awful night because the youngests boys in the choir were awake during all night and they were running up and down the corredor, so we couldn't sleep well.

HOW TO COOK SPAGETTI WITH CARBONARA SAUCE

To cook spagetti with carbonara sauce you need some esnetial ingredients and materials: spagetty, bacon, liquid cream, a frying pan and a pot.

First you have to put water inside the put until the water boils. When the water starts boiling you have to add the spagettis in the boiling water.

While the spagettis are boiling you can start doing the sauce.

To do the sauce, first you have to put the bacon in the frying pan, and fry it with high fire. When the bacon is fryed you can add the liquid cream and shake it slowly. When it starts boiling you have to slow dow the fire and conitnue shaking. After that you have to turn off the fire ande leave it until it dense.

While you are doing teh sauce you have to shake the pasta until it is cooked. After that you have to ------ the spagettis, put them on a bowl and mix the mith the carbonara sauce.

Bon appetit!

MY PASSION, THE F1 RACES.

Every Sunday morning I wake up very nervous just to sit in front of the TV to watch the formula one race. I get this passion from my mother. I've been watching races since I was very young. When I was little my fabourite driver was Michael Schumaher but when he dropped out I became supporting Fernando Alonso, even when he was Hamilton's team mate.
Louis Hamilton is the driver that I hate the most. He is very polite when he talks to the press but when he rides he is very very rude. He is always trying to push the other cars off the road. The other driver that I hate is Vettel, he thinks he is such a big head.
All in all I would say that I will continue watching the races although there are some rude pilots.

A REFLECTION ABOUT MY FIRST YEAR IN BATXILLERAT

I'm thinking about my first year in batxillerat. It has been a wonderful year with plenty of exciting situations. We started on the 12th of Setember, I was very scared and I couldn't sleep during the whole night. 

My first tern was horryble, I didn't study anuthing and I failed six subjects, Maths, Spanish, Economy, Business, Philosophy and PE. During th second term I could retake all my subjects unless Philosophy. The second term I just failed two subjects, Maths and Philosophy, and during the third term I could retake both.

Now I'm happy with my results, I colud have better marks because I'm not studying much but I feel proud of myself.

Next year I will have to start teh year studying very hard because I don't want to stay here another year.

WE HAVE ALMOST LEARNED TO RESPECT OUR WORLD

Most of the people have learnd to respect our world. In my opinion we can do more but we are doing everything we can.

Nowadays everybody is trying to be more kind to the earth, we have learned how to recycle and what we have to do with our waste, but not everybody is doing this. Some factories are throwing their waste in t the river instead of throwing it in to the bins, they just do this because they want to save expenses.

I also think that if public transport was cheaper people would use it more and they wouldn't use their own cars.We have learned too how to save energy by turning off the lights when we don't need them and by saving water when we are having a shower.

All in all I would say that if we take care of the earth she will take care of us. It is like a vicious cyrcle.

Informal Conversation

listen to ‘dialeg eli i joana’ on Audioboo

NEW YORK, THE BIG APPLE

I've choosed this topic because New York is the city of my dreams. It's the place were everybody wants to go once in his life, and you can not die if you haven't been there.

I went there six years ago and I felt like an ant. Everything was enormous, the buidings, the food, the people, the shops... everything. It was a very strange sensation.

New York is located in the norteastern coast of the Unitet States. It's the 27th most extensive, the 3rd most populus, and the 7th most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. New York City, not New york State, has a population of over 8.1 million, is the most opulous city in the Unithed States.

When you arrive in New York the first thing you smell is the smell of hot dogs mixed with the smell of pretzels and with the smell of pollution. All those smells mixed create the particulary smell of New York City.

In New York you can visit a lot of things: museums like the MET (the metropolitan museum) or the museum of natural history, some important buidings like the empire state, the united nations, the ground zero in the world trade center or the statue of liberty, the Rockefeller Center. There you can go to a very famous shop called Schwartz. It has a piano posted on the floor and you can play it with your feet.

If you travel to New York you have to visit, do or eat some important things like: eat hot dogs from a stall, go ice-skating and walk throug the Central Park. You can forgot thoose things!!

It's amazing how a city can awake so many fealings. Now I'm saving money to repeat the travel!!

DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

Genís is my brother and he is 15 years old. He is tall and thin and he has brown hair and eyes too. He is very friendly but with the people he doesn’t know is very unpleasant. He is hard-working and very kind with his family and friends. He is a great flirtatious with the girls. He loves riding horses and bikes. At the moment he is saving money to buy a motorbike. In his free time he do athletics and he goes to extra enlgish classes. He is very good at athletics and he is very competitive but he is afraid of disappoint his team or his friends so he doesn’t want to go to the copetitions. When he was a child he wanted to be a horse but nowadays he is thinking of being a policeman.

In conclusion he is my brother and I don’t want to change him for nothing.

COSTA CONCORDIA

The Costa Concordia cruiser ran aground on 13th January with more than 4000 passengers on it. By the time, sea rescuers have only found 17 bodies, but they believe that it could be more people inside the ship. All this happened the night of the 13th of January, when most of the passangers were in the dinning room. Suddenly, a loud noise accompained by a sharp blow, made off alarms.

Finally, the cruiser lurched to one side, and then toward the other. Slowly, the water started to came in and the panic started to increase in the passangers.

In the end, almost all the people survived and they could arrived at Giglio Porto, where they recieve medical attention.

In the end, the capitain was arrested as he was the person who decided to diverted to another route.

ORAL PRESENTATION AND SELF EVALUATION

INTRODUCTION:

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America, bordered by the United States of America to both the south & to the west (Alaska). By area, Canada is the second largest country in the world in land area, after Russia. It has the longest border with water (coastline) of any country in the world. It is next to the Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans.

Around 34.8 million people live in Canada's ten provinces and three territories, with the majority living in the southern sections of Canada. This is almost the same number as in the US State of California.

Canada has six time zones.

Canada Day on July 1: This is an opportunity to gather in our communities, from coast to coast, and to proudly celebrate all we have in common and to celebrate our achievements, which were born in the audacious vision and shared values of our ancestors, and which are voiced in nearly all of the languages of the world through the contribution of new Canadians.

Canada Day is a time to celebrate the heritage passed down to us through the works of our authors, poets, artists and performers. It is a time to rejoice in the discoveries of our scientific researchers, in the success of our entrepreneurs, and to commemorate our history.

FOOD AND DRINK:

Canadians eat a lot of beef and chicken, less pork then and some lamb. Other speciality meats such as bison (buffalo) is fairly easy to find. Canadians seem reluctant to eat other animals. Horse meat and goat aren't very typical.

Canada specialities:

Maple syrup: Canada is famous for maple syrup and maple syrup products. Canada makes about 80 percent of the world's maple syrup and the majority comes from the region of Quebec.

Poutine: Poutine, although originating in Quebec, is now found across Canada and is considered a typically Canadian dish. It is basically potato chips topped with curd cheese and gravy. Poutine varies across the regions, with some of the Maritime provinces adding meat to the dish, while other provinces use different types of cheeses.

Barbecue: Canadians love to barbecue. You will find barbecues in almost every yard (garden) and on many decks and balconies. Even a small balcony that is only large enough to hold perhaps two chairs will also have a barbecue. Most barbecues are gas and covered so they are easy to light up all year round. It is normal for Canadian families to barbecue in the middle of the winter when it is below zero with snow on the ground.

THINGS TO VISIT:

• CN Tower
  A visit to Toronto is never complete without visiting the world's tallest building, the CN tower. It's at 553m above the ground the views of Toronto and Lake Ontario are unbeatable.
  Toronto, Ontario
• Rocky Mountains (snow train to Jasper)
  The Rocky Mountains are an icon of Canada and an unparalleled sight that is impressive in every way.
  Jasper, Alberta
• Banff National Park and Lake Louise
  In the heart of the Canadian Rockies is Banff National Park, a World Heritage Site designated by the UN.
  Banff, Alberta
• Stanley Park
  A pride of Vancouver and the biggest park in the city. Stanely Park is over 1,000 acres in size. Surrounded by the Seawall, a walking, rollerblading and bicycle route that stretches 8km around the park, through original rainforest and past sandy beaches.
  Vancouver, British Columbia
• Watch Polar Bears at Churchill
  Every year around September the northern Manitoba town of Churchill on the edge of Hudson's Bay welcomes its furry white visitors - Polar Bears. The bears move between the ice and the land during this time and pass by the town making polar bear watching tours possible.
  Churchill, Manitoba
• Canada's Parliament buildings
  Loosely modelled after the British houses of Parliament, the Parliament Hill in Ottawa is the centre of Canada's federal government. Centre Block (the main parliament building) is free to visitors and it is possible to see the Commons and Senate.
  Ottawa, Ontario
• Niagara falls
  The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world and has a vertical drop of more than 165 feet (50m). Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall (vertical height along with flow rate) in North America.

CONCLUSION

We chose this place because Joana went to Ottawa last summer. We think it's an amazing place with a lot of things to visit. Canada is beautiful and it has a wonderful history.

We hope you enjoyed it. =)

Thank you for listening to our oral presentation.

Have you got any questions??

In my opinion, our oral presentation was quite good. We did an amazing powerpoint with a lot of pictures and without many things written on it. Next time I'll try to not read the paper, i'll try to be more confident with myself. I tink that my pronunciation was quite good so this is the ony thing that i have to improve the less. For the next oral presentation i'll try to explain it with my own words.

A LITTLE HISTORY

It was three o'cock in the afternoon when the phone rang. I answered and it was Lluís telling me that Pere's dog, Bobby, had desapeared. He explained to me that Pere lended him the dog while he was on holidays so then he told me that I had to help him to find Bobby.

I told to Lluís when was the last time he had seen the dog and he answered that he had seen him like two hours before. I imediately went to Lluís house to start to look for the dog. We ran all over the town trying to find the dog, but it wasn't anywhere.

When we finished to look in every place in the town, we went back to Lluís house to wait if the dog appeared.

While we were in the house we started to hear some noises, we run up the stairs and we heard that the noise came from the guest's room, we opened the door and it was Bobby. Then Lluís remembered that he put Bobby in that room because the dog was making some noise and he couldn't hear the TV.

THE OSCARS 2012

The oscars are a award bestowed by the AMerican of Motion Picture and Sciendes to recognize proffesionals in the film industry, including directors, actors and writers. The categories of awards are: The best actor and actress in a leadingRole, best actor ad actress in a supporting Role, best animated film and animated short film, best art direction, best cinematography, best director, best documentary...

This year the best film has been "The artist" a french film. It has won 5 oscars: the best director, the best film, the best actor in a leadin Role, the best original score and the best costume design.

In my opinion "the artist" is a good film, but I think that there are other films that my be they colud won the oscar for the best film, lie "Moneyball".

This year ceremony was a litle bit ridiculous and the star's dresses were very ugly compared with other years dresses.

I WENT ON A TV SHOW (invented story)

I have been on a TV show called Dance 4 all and it was the best experience i've ever had.

Before it started I was feeling very nervous, and the other contestants too. Then the presenter, Pepa Evans, came in and told us that we had not to worry.

When I went out on stage, everyone was clapping. I've never felt so excited and nervous. Before the music started playing, I began to wonder if I had done well to participate on thet contest. When I finished everyone clapped and cheered me. It was the most eciing experience I've ever had.

I won the contest, so I won 10000euros and a grant to study dance in the best school of arts in the world.

In the future, I wolud like to go to another TV Show.

SCHOOLS CANNOT ALLOW STEALING (invented essay)

There is no dubt that school cannot allow stealing. However, if a student is caught stealing at school, this should be immediately and permanently excluded.

In the one hand, school should exclud permanently if the robbery is big, for example, setaling a mobilephone or stealing money from other students. As a result, when the thief leaves school, he will continue stealing, first something small and then it will became bigger and bigger.

On the other hand, schools shouldn't exclud permanently because there are some other punishments like a fine or school service, for example, cleaning the playground or helping in the kitchen. Moreover the thief learns from their mistake.

In conclusion, I believe that permanently explusion isn't the best for the students. I think that some punishments are a better way.

THE END OF A SERIES?

Whith three wins apiece, Cyril Despres and Marc Coma ate tied in te roll of honour of the Dakar. But it is not a done deal that one of the twoo champions wil forge ahead of the other in 2012; the Aprilia, Yamaha, Husqvarna and Honda pilots, as well as their KTM teammates, are ready to overtake them without the silghtest hesitation.

Cyril Despres and Marc Coma have spent the last six years taking turns at winning the rally and do not seem to feel the burden of the years weighing on their shoulders. The two stars of this sport may very well end up crossing swords again, racing on identical KTM 450 motorcycles and with the same lieutenants as last year: Ruben Faria and Juan Pedrero, respectively. Racing in the same colours and being based in the same truck in the bivouac has provided an opportunity for the two Dakar favourites to smooth ruffled feathers. "We have toned things down a bit", explains Despres. Coma adds that "there is no need for sparks to fly between two sporting rivals". Although a quick glance at the rally's palmarès reveals that KTM's stars have the best shot at victory, their performances so far this year have exposed chinks in their armour which their rivals could exploit. Despres won the Rally dos Sertões but was later forced to abandon his last race in Australia, one of the few times in his career that he had to withdraw from a rally. Coma triumphed in the Pharaons Rally, the Rally di Sardegna and the Dubai Rally, but mechanical issues prevented him from finishing higher than 10th in the Morocco Rally, his last test before defending his title in South America.

I choose this piece of neew because I love the Dakar since I was a child. It's amazing how they can overcome all the obstacles that they find during the race so I decided to dedicate this piece of my blog to all the Dakar participants.

THE SMURFS

The festival of the Blue Moon is about to begin, and things are going smoothly for the smurfs, but Papa Smurf sees a vision of the future that is quite disturbing. The vision begins to play out in real life, as Clumsy Smurf inadvertently leads the evil wizard Gargamel to the smurfs' secret village. As they scramble to get away from the bumbling wizard, Clumsy goes the wrong way. Papa, Smurfette, Brainy, Gutsy, and Grouchy follow after him, and they all stumble upon a mysterious portal that sucks them away to a different realm Central Park, New York City. In a strange new "village" with Gargamel and his menacing cat Azrael hot on their heels, the Smurfs struggle just to survive. That is, until they find themselves in the cozy apartment of young married couple Patrick and Grace Winslow. Patrick is a clean cut marketing executive for the New York City based cosmetics company Anjelou, and kind and optimistic Grace is pregnant with their first child. When they find that they have some little blue visitors, Patrick and Grace, well more so Grace, accept the Smurfs and even befriend them. Despite the fact that Patrick's life is turned upside down and his big chance to succeed at work is put in grave jeopardy, he can't turn his back on his new, true blue friends. He does his best to help them escape Gargamel and get the tools and potions they need to open a portal back home, but in the end, it may be that the smurfs have helped him even more than he helped them.

I will recomend this film to all the families, from the younges to the oldest. It's a fantastic film to see with your family on a saturday afternoon with a popcorn can.

FORMAL LETTER

Dear Mrs Ma Lluïsa Pintó,

My name is Joana Bofill and I' in first batxillerat B. I just want you to know what I think about this high school.

There are some good things like the Christas decoration or the paintings that are on the walls. I think that the digital boards are a good idea for the ESO estudients, but it is a waste of time for the batxillerat students because we never use them.

This high school needs more colour because it is very sad and it needs to be happier and more powerful. Our play gound needs more trees to cast a shadow.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you very much.

Yours sincerely,

Joana Bofill Capallera

WEEKEND IN AMER

Last weekend I went to Amer to visit my friend Dúnia.

I met her 2 years ago in an English Camp called Max Camps from British Summer. We were in the same room and we became very good friends.

I haven't met her since last weekend because she lives in Barcelona and I live in Vilamacolum so we didn't have the oportunity to see each other.

I went to la Colònia d'Amer because our mum's job had some houses there and she was staying in one of them.

We had a very very nice time. We took so many pictures and we visited a church in the top of the mountain.

EDUCATION OPEN DOOR DAYS

Whith the high school we went to the education open door days in the Autonomous University of Barcelona and to Girona's Universty. There we went to listen to some informative speeches were they explain us everithing about the universty and all about the degrees.

Some friends and I went to listen the speeches about journalism, law, economics, busines and interprice.

We had a very great time there and I think that I've decided what I'm going to study: aeronautic administration.

CHRISTMAS

On the 24th of december at night we did the “caga tió” with all my family. We arrived at my aunt’s house about 8 pm and we started to “cagar el tió”. This night is very magic for the little ones because they don’t know that it’s only a piece of wood, they believe that this trunk trows presents from it’s bottom.

On this night it’s very typical to eat soup with “galets”, a typical pasta soup and cannelons. A very typical desert from christmas are the nougat.

On the 25th at noon my family and I met at my other aunt’s house. There we had lunch all together and in the afternoon we did the “caga tió” again. More or les at seven we went to see the nativity scene were my cousins and my grandmother acted. And at nine pm we went to the “quina”. The “quina” is like a bingo but the people only play it on christmas.